Metal as white gospel

Try singing the following, without instruments and backing track, by yourself, without shaping your voice to be mean or sad or emo, just sing it naturally:

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Now in darkness world stops turning,ashes where the bodies burning.No more War Pigs have the power,Hand of God has struck the hour.Day of judgement, God is calling,on their knees the war pigs crawling.Begging mercies for their sins,Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.Oh lord, yeah!

If you listen, you can hear that this is gospel music, religious supplication in a time of self-indulgent confusion.

It is prayer.

These lyrics show up again:

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Millions dead and dying Mass death and destructionMass death and destruction

A smouldering wilderness Mass death and destructionMass death and destruction

Now in darkness world stops turningMass death and destructionMass death and destruction

I think they need to be written a third time:

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Now in darknessWorld stops turningIn a universeWhich recyclesNo one caresThere are no voicesYour planet diedYour species failedFar awayInfinite planetsAnother lifeStarts to buildThey know notThe name ofEarth

Metal music always hit me as a form of protest music, addressing the lack of the assertive masculine (warrior) spirit of ancient times.

Very true. It's the heavy in heavy metal that makes it take on heavy topics. Heavy means you look at them as a leader would, seeing the whole span of humanity, not as a normal human mouse would, avoiding offending anyone and trying to accumulate enough cheese for winter/retirement.